Bunny, Birds and Blooms

Spring greetings today dear blog friends.......we have had some wild windy and wet weather but today the sunshine is back and here is mabel, the big bunny, wearing her new spring cardigan.....

........mabel is a very big rabbit, especially compared to my sugar bunnies, so she needed a special cardigan knitting pattern to fit her.....quite small on the top but chubby in the arms.....she seems happy in both the long and the short sleeved versions (pattern for the big bunny cardigan is now in my etsy shop link in sidebar)...

........besides knitting and quilting lately i have been sewing some bright little fabric birds for easter decorations....

.....often i make these birds into a long string but this time i decided to make just one little bird hanger, with beads, a scrap of gingham ribbon and some raffia for a rustic garden feel.....

........a pink one, and a green one and a yellow one......

......the fabrics are pretty little japanese florals......such sweet prints and colours....

.........last week at the garden centre we found these lovely primulas....at first i thought they were auriculas but no, they were primulas with a two colour flower....so pretty.....

....after enjoying them indoors for a bit i'll put them outside where they will be happier....

........here's a picture taken in the greenhouse where you can see more primulas, some sweet pea seedlings growing away and some geraniums cheerily flowering too......lots more seeds still to plant......the cold weather this past week put a stop to a lot of my gardening......

........it's been a quilty kind of week......

........rescuing a few daffodils from the windswept garden and looking out patiently, like mabel....

.........thank you for dropping by to my little bit of blog land dear readers......and thank you for the kind comments....wishing you a wonderful week ahead with sunshine, flowers, crafty inspirations and happy times......take care lovelies...............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx